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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Leap! (2018)

In an effort to not lose track of my youth, I watch many animated movies and really enjoy the genre.  So while my youngest child is well into his twenties, I do have a granddaughter, so in addition to many other things, she provides an excuse to continue.
If you are looking for top notch animated stories that will be an award winner, this is not for you.  One review I read said that they should take the exclamation mark off the end, and while they may have had a point, I was able to enjoy it, punctuation and all.  This was very fun, if entirely predictable.  s an animated movie set in 1879 Paris, where tween best friends/orphans Felicie (voiced by Elle Fanning) and Victor each work to make their dreams come true (dancing and inventing, respectively). They escape to Paris from a strict orphanage in Brittany and face some challenging situations, which is one, almost always the case in stories of this sort, and two, entirely predictable.  Nothing terrible happens to them, but it is touch and go.
This is a very good family movie, with a nice message (a bit on the optimistic side, but not terrible), and people following their passion.  It won't be nominated for anything, but it is diversionary.

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